torstai 23. joulukuuta 2010
keskiviikko 22. joulukuuta 2010
CHRISTMAS IS FINLAND
Finland
Main article: Cuisine of Finland
Christmas smorgasbord from Finland, "Joulupöytä", (translated "Yule table"), a traditional display of Christmas food)[10] served at Christmas in Finland, similar to the Swedish smörgåsbord, including:
- Christmas ham with mustard (almost every family has one for Christmas)
- turkey (kalkkuna)
- freshly salted salmon (gravlax graavilohi)
- pickled herring in various forms (tomato, mustard, matjes or onion sauces)
- lutefisk and Béchamel sauce [10]
- whitefish and pikeperch
- liver casserole
- potato casserole [10] (sweetened or not, depending on preference)
- boiled potatoes
- carrot casserole [10]
- rutabaga casserole (lanttulaatikko)[10]
- rosolli (salad from boiled beetroots, carrots, potatoes, apples and pickled cucumber. If served with herring, it becomes herring-salad, sillisalaatti)
- various sauces
- assortment of cheese, most commonly (leipäjuusto) and Aura (aura-juusto)
- Christmas bread, usually sweet bread (Joululimppu)
- Karelian pasties, rice pasties, served with egg-butter (Karjalanpiirakka)
Other meat dishes could be:
- Karelian hot pot, traditional meat stew originating from the region of KareliaKarjalanpaisti) (
- reindeer (in northern Finland) (poro)
- cold smoked salmon (kylmäsavulohi)
Desserts:
- rice pudding or rice porridge topped with cinnamon, sugar and cold milk or with mixed fruit soup (riisipuuro)
- gingerbread,[10] sometimes in the form of a gingerbread house or gingerbread manpiparkakut) (
- chocolate (given as presents, eaten in-between meals, called suklaa)
- prune jam pastries (Joulutortut)[10]
- mixed fruit soup or prune soup (sekahedelmäkiisseli, luumukiisseli)
Drinks:
- glogg or mulled wine (glögi)
- Christmas beer (Jouluolut)
- home beer (non-alcoholic beer-like drink) (kotikalja)
- red wine (punaviini)
- Marski's tipple (akvavit, vermouth and gin) (Marskin ryyppy)
- milk (maito)
- sour milk (often drunk by older people)
- coffee (kahvi)
CHRISTMAS IS FINLAND
Finland
on Christmas Eve and All Saints Day.
Most of the traditions, such as Christmas dinner and gift giving, are observed on this day. Santa Claus visits homes in person, played by an older family member or a rent-a-Santa.
The Declaration of Christmas Peace has been a tradition in Finland from the Middle Ages every year, except in 1939 due to the Winter War. It is a custom in many towns and cities.
The most famous one of these declarations is on the Old Great Square of Turku, the former capital of Finland, at noon on Christmas Eve. It is broadcast on Finnish radio (since 1935) and television, and nowadays also in some foreign countries. The declaration ceremony begins with the hymn Jumala ompi linnamme (Martin Luther's A Mighty Fortress Is Our God) and continues with the Declaration of Christmas Peace read from a parchment roll:
- "Tomorrow, God willing, is the most gracious feast of the birth of our Lord and Saviour, and therefore a general Christmas peace is hereby declared, and all persons are directed to observe this holiday with due reverence and otherwise quietly and peacefully to conduct themselves, for whosoever breaks this peace and disturbs the Christmas holiday by any unlawful or improper conduct shall be liable, under aggravating circumstances, to whatever penalty is prescribed by law and decree for each particular offence or misdemeanour. Finally, all citizens are wished a joyous Christmas holiday."
The Ceremony ends with trumpets playing the Finnish national anthem Maamme and Porilaisten marssi, with the crowd usually singing when the band plays Maamme.
Recently, there is also a declaration of Christmas peace for forest animals in many cities and municipalities, so there is no hunting during Christmas.
In Finland people usually take a Christmas sauna. The tradition is very old. Unlike on normal days, when going to sauna is in the evening, on Christmas Eve it is before sunset. This tradition is based on a pre-20th century belief that the spirits of the dead return and have a sauna at the usual sauna hours.
keskiviikko 15. joulukuuta 2010
UUSIKAUPUNKI-FINLAND
Uusikaupunki
| Uusikaupunki Nystad | |||
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| — Town — | |||
| Uudenkaupungin kaupunki | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°48′N 021°25′E / 60.8°N 21.417°ECoordinates: 60°48′N 021°25′E / 60.8°N 21.417°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Finland Proper | ||
| Sub-region | Vakka-Suomi sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1617 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Town manager | Kari Koski | ||
| Area(2010-01-01)[1] | |||
| - Total | 1,932.72 km2 (746.2 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 502.56 km2 (194 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 1,430.16 km2 (552.2 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 44th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2010-03-31)[2] | |||
| - Total | 15,892 | ||
| - Rank | 71st largest in Finland | ||
| - Density | 31.62/km2 (81.9/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| - Finnish | 98.8% (official) | ||
| - Swedish | 0.5% | ||
| - Others | 0.7% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| - 0 to 14 | 14.5% | ||
| - 15 to 64 | 66.3% | ||
| - 65 or older | 19.3% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.25% | ||
| Website | uusikaupunki.fi | ||
Uusikaupunki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈuːsiˌkɑupuŋki], Swedish: Nystad), is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 15,892 (31 March 2010)[2] and covers an area of 1,932.72 square kilometres (746.23 sq mi) of which 1,430.16 km2 (552.19 sq mi) is inland water. The population density is 31.62 inhabitants per square kilometre (81.9 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Both its Finnish and Swedish names mean literally "new town".
Uusikaupunki is the home of Valmet Automotive, a mechanical production company, producing cars and vehicles for other manufacturers.
In 1721, the Peace of Nystad was signed in Uusikaupunki, ending the Great Northern WarSweden and Russia. between
The original name of the main village that was incorporated into Uusikaupunki was Kalainen (which is a Finnish adjective meaning "having plenty of fish"). The village of Kalainen originated as a market place for the people of Vakka-Suomi. The town of Uusikaupunki was founded as a town with the rights of commerce in 1617 by decree by Gustav II Adolf.
Up to the 19th century it was an important port for commerce and fishing, and up to the latter half of the 20th century it still retained an important ship building industry.
Uusikaupunki is home of the Bonk museum[6]
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People
- Robert Wilhelm Ekman, Painter
- Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Virtuoso clarinetist and composer
- Arvid Liljelund, Painter
- Martti Simojoki, Former Archbishop of Finland
- Ilmari Saarelainen, Finnish actor
- Gerald Lee, College basketball player, Old Dominion University
- Kari Takko, hockey goaltender
- Reijo Laine, Former purchasing and production chief of Suomen Rehu Ltd
International relations
Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland
Twin towns — Sister cities
Uusikaupunki is twinned with:
Antsla, Estonia
Haderslev, Denmark
Novgorod, Russia
Sandefjord, Norway
Szentendre, Hungary
Varberg, Sweden
References
- ^ "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2010" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta_alat_kunnittain_01012010.pdf. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 March 2010" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/ACFC13B2F489698CC22577030039BD73/$file/20100331.htm. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2010". Tax Administration of Finland. 24 November 2009. http://www.vero.fi/download.asp?id=5853;25512. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ Bonk Museum
External links
Media related to Uusikaupunki at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Uusikaupunki – Official site
- Uusikaupunki travel guide from Wikitravel
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